Sh. Nitin Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. Of India
Lemon Ideas, since 2013, have been sharing its extensive experience and extending its support to organizations to build positive and enabling entrepreneurship ecosystems, incubators, accelerators and developmental organizations.
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Visit WebsiteThe Innopreneurs Startup contest is a popular international platform that encourages individuals/ students/ professionals/teens to bring ideas and innovations to the platter for a better world. Innopreneurs is focused on providing a stage to Innovators, Change Makers, be it startups, non-profits, or anyone who is building solutions (tech or non-tech) to solve the real problems. Co-creation, Community, and Learning are key elements of Innopreneurs.
Visit WebsiteSince the inception of Lemon Ideas, eminent invitees across the country such as Ministers, Investors, Serial Entrepreneurs, Bureaucrats, Government Representatives, Business Owners, Experts, Social Reformers have extended their support and goodwill towards us by motivating and guest mentoring our startups and budding entrepreneurs. Be a part of our Journey in promoting Innovation & creation. See our Guest list here.
Sh. Nitin Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. Of India
Sh. Anurag Thakur
Minister of state for finance & corporate affairs
Madhur Bajaj
Vice-Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd
Ramanan Ramanathan
Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Additional Secy NITI AAYOG, Government of India
H. E. Grace Akello
Hon'ble Ambassador Ugandan Embassy, India
Nagaraj Prakasam
Angel Impact Investor
Mr. Pranav Sharma
Senior President Baidyanath Group
Mr. Aseem Gupta IAS
Secretary, Dept. of Energy Govt. of Maharashtra
Venkatesh Iyer
Founder & CEO Goli Vada Pav
Anshu Gupta
Founder Director at Goonj
H. E. Major General Vetsop Namgyel
Hon’ble Ambassador
Bhutan Embassy, India
Mahavir Pratap Sharma
Co-Founder & Director Rajasthan Angel Innovators' Network
Mr. Hanmant Rao Gaikwad
Founder & MD
BVG India Ltd
H.E. Mr Ram Prasad Subedi
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Nepal
Sh. Devendra Fadnavis
MLA & Former CM of
Maharashtra
Deepak Bagla
MD and CEO of
Invest India
Lemon Ideas Cohort, is a unique comprehensive acceleration & mentoring program for early-stage startups. Supported by extensive mentorship and guidance from domain experts and mentors, we are committed to extending all our support in terms of business growth, refining the strategy, scalability, talent hiring and other support services.
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One of the building block of ecosystem at Lemon Ideas has been the spirit of celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship & innovation. Lemon ideas has been on the fore front when it comes to recognition of entrepreneurs for their wonderful work and contribution towards social good. Since 2017, every year Lemon celebrates National Entrepreneurs day on 16th January (this day in 2016, India first startup action plan was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji) and recognizes around 16 entrepreneurs on different themes. Additionally, there are more opportunities for recognition & awards through Innopreneurs, LSE, and other initiatives for entrepreneurs, mentors, and contributors to the ecosystem. Lemon has been fortunate enough to recognize the contribution of more than 400 individuals (till June 2022). Entrepreneurs, Startup Founders, and SME’s can now nominate themselves for the upcoming recognitions regardless of the domain or experience as part of the National Entrepreneurs Day Celebrations(Startup Day)
Apply NowIntroducing 60 hidden jewels from across 15 states of India
This publication titled “I am doing it…: A common echo by 60 game changers” aims to showcase some of the hidden jewels from 15 states in India and a few ones from 4 countries. This publication is compiled from innovation and startup stories that have been picked up from a large pool of entrepreneurs who joined the Lemon Ideas platform in form of contests, training, mentoring, and incubation engagements.